O ALMIGHTY God, although our iniquities have offended Thee: Grant that our prayers and our confession may obtain Thy mercy, that through Thy loving kindness, no. tribulation of this world may cause us to despair, no harmful persuasion may allure us to evil: but that the light of Thy countenance may shine upon us. and that from Thy light in this world, we may come to the light of Thine everlasting vision: through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen (Oremus, 1925, p.58-59).